Robert Polack for Batschari Cigarettes
Fontange or balloon shaped fan with stained wooden sticks.The double paper leaf is printed on the recto with a pochoir (stencil print) of an elegant looking couple against a starlit sky. The male figure, adopting a fashionably effete pose, holds a box of matches in one hand while clasping his female companion in a gentle embrace. She tilts her head to take a light from his cigarette and smoke rises upwards to form the words ‘Cigarettes Batschari’.Signed Robert Polack.The verso is stamped in monochrome with illustrations of cigarettes and promotional inscriptions.
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"Robert Polack for Batschari Cigarettes" is available as a hand-painted oil reproduction on linen canvas. The order can be placed on its Hand-Painted Reproduction page, with a choice of sizes.
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"Robert Polack for Batschari Cigarettes" by Robert Polack was created in 1925.
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About this artwork
- Title: Robert Polack for Batschari Cigarettes
- Artist: Robert Polack
- Year: 1925
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: The Fan Museum
- Main color: Khaki
- Color hue: Ochre to Sepia